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Help Us Graduate: The Social Capital of Retention Centers and the Threat it Poses to the Neoliberal Agenda. Case Study. Outline. History of the downsizing of public education Pro-business movement Proposition 13 The institutionalization of the individualized model of education

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  1. Help Us Graduate: The Social Capital of Retention Centers and the Threat it Poses to the Neoliberal Agenda

  2. Case Study

  3. Outline • History of the downsizing of public education • Pro-business movement • Proposition 13 • The institutionalization of the individualized model of education • Rhetoric of the U.S. Department of Education • Aptitude testing • Social capital • Resources, outreach programs • Dismantling individualized model

  4. Social Capital • Activism • Redefining success • Countering privatization

  5. Conclusion • Retention Centers and student organizations create social capital within institutions of higher education which poses a threat to the neoliberal agenda because it creates a space for organizing, redefining success, and producing a counter action to the privatization of public services.

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